VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2]

Course details

This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud® Automation Center™. This course covers the configuration and use of vCloud Automation Center as a platform for self-service provisioning of virtual, cloud, and physical machines to create and manage on-demand multivendor cloud infrastructures.

Objectives

• Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in multivendor cloud environments
• Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 5.2
• Manage vCloud Automation Center 5.2 entities on VMware® and third-party hardware and cloud infrastructures
• Configure and manage provisioning groups and blueprints
• Configure and manage enterprise groups and reservations for compute resources on VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and more
• Use the Self-Service portal to request and manage machines according to vCloud
• Automation Center approval policies
• Use the Report portal to monitor vCloud Automation Center configuration and managed resources
• Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center workflows
• Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation

Course Outline

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course outline
• Course goals
• Course objectives

VMware vCloud Automation Center Architecture and Components

• Explain the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation Center to manage a multivendor cloud
• Explain the components involved in a single vendor cloud infrastructure using VMware vCloud Director® and VMware vSphere®
• Define the ports associated with the communication among vCloud Automation Center components
• Understand and customize the elements of the vCloud Automation Center administration console

VMware vCloud Automation Center Distributed Execution Managers and Agents

• Explain the role of Distributed Execution Managers and agents
• Explain the types of agents and agent relationships

VMware vCloud Automation Center Configuration, Provisioning, and Management

• Understand the relationships among vCloud Automation Center entities
• Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
• Demonstrate how vCloud Automation Center discovers compute resources from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Amazon
• Explain provisioning groups, enterprise groups, blueprints, and reservations for compute resources

VMware vCloud Automation Center Self-Service Portal

• Review the installation requirements and process for the Self-Service portal
• Use the Self-Service portal to provision machines from virtual, cloud, and physical resources
• Review provisioning requests

Managing and Monitoring vCloud Automation Center Resources

• Identify, verify, and reclaim inactive and abandoned resources
• Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Administration portal
• Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Report portal

VMware vCloud Automation Center Models and Workflows

• Review Windows Workflow Foundation
• Define and demonstrate default vCloud Automation Center workflows
• Explain how to use VMware® vCenter™ Orchestrator™ workflows from vCloud Automation Center

VMware vCloud Automation Center Installation and Upgrade

• Review vCloud Automation Center interoperability
• Explain vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
• Identify vCloud Automation Center component installers
• Identify the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure

Who Can Benefit

• Experienced system administrators
• Cloud administrators
• System integrators
• Operational developers

Prerequisites

• VMware vCloud Director 5.1: Install, Configure, Manage and VMware vSphere 5.1: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge 

Mode

• Classroom based lectures with practical exercises